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Pharaoh

Hebrew for the title of the kings of Egypt, who were regarded as divine and ruled absolutely, with the help of an enormous corps of civil servants; these were supervised
by the head of the service, the vizier, which was the office pictured as being held by Joseph (Gen. 41–7). The Pharaoh of the Exodus who allowed the Israelites to leave Egypt (Exod. 5–12) is often identified as Rameses II (1279–1212 BCE) in the light of excavations carried out in his store cities of Pithom and Rameses (Exod. 1: 11).